Grand Plum Color

#6c5657

Grand Plum is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #93a9a8
Complementary Color #556c6a
Color Shade: cool red (357.27° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.04% (better contrasting with white)
Grand Plum Color Sample
Grand Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6c5657

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Grand Plum Color. The Spicy Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Imagery (#7a6e70) for more calm effect. Try Royal Raisin as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#556c6a is the best complementary color to Grand Plum. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6c5657 complementary color is Cutty Sark, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dorado are #6c5561 and #6c6055. Thus found on the left and right of #6c5657 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Zambezi and Pine Cone colors as they work well with Grand Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Grand Plum palette consists of #55616c and #556c60 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#556c6a). Try Shuttle Gray and Corduroy colors in combination with #6c5657, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #6c5657 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Grand Plum. Thus Comet and Finlandia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Grand Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cutty Sark, Siam, and Smoky split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c5657 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Grand Plum tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#556c6a) and two others. The Finlandia is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salt Box – 120° from the complementary Cutty Sark. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #566c55 and #6b556c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6c5657 is made of 38% red, 31% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Grand Plum has a hue angle of 357.27°, a saturation of 11.34% and a lightness of 38.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c5657 is made of 0% cyan, 8.62% magenta, 8.23% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #6c5657
RGB Decimal rgb(108,86,87)
RGB Percentage 38%, 31%, 31%
CMYK 0, 8.62, 8.23, 57.65
HSL hsl(357.27,11.34%,38.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(357.27,20.37%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.7805,9.2435,2.8577)
XYZ xyz(11.2324,10.5318,10.4577)
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